Lower Tenthill Queensland |
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Crops along Gatton Clifton Road, 2014
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Coordinates | 27°36′20″S 152°14′21″E / 27.60556°S 152.23917°ECoordinates: 27°36′20″S 152°14′21″E / 27.60556°S 152.23917°E | ||||||||||||
Population | 333 (2011) | ||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4343 | ||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Lockyer Valley Region | ||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Lockyer | ||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Wright | ||||||||||||
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Lower Tenthill is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the locality recorded a population of 333.
Agriculture has developed along Tenthill Creek which also forms part of both the western and eastern boundary of Lower Tenthill. Lower Tenthill Weir on Tenthill Creek, has a storage capacity of 70 ML and is used for the purpose of recharging groundwater supplies. The northern boundary follows Lockyer Creek. Two other creeks cross the area - Ma Ma Creek and Deep Creek.
Tent Hill Lower State School opened in 1873.